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Testing, Tracking, and Retaining Young Children: An Analysis of Research and Social Policy.

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Meisels, Samuel J.; And Others – 1989

Many professionals are convinced that more testing, tracking, and retention are taking place in the early school years than ever before. They also believe that developmentally inappropriate modifications to curricula are being implemented. As a result of inappropriate use of standardized tests, disproportionate numbers of poor and minority…

Descriptors: Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices